1996 MEAC men's basketball tournament

1996 MEAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1995–96
Teams	8
Site	Leon County Civic Center Tallahassee, Florida
Champions	South Carolina State (2nd title)
Winning coach	Cy Alexander (2nd title)
MVP	Derrick Patterson (South Carolina State)
MEAC men's basketball tournaments

1995–96 MEAC men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
South Carolina State †	14	–	2		.875			22	–	8		.733
Coppin State	14	–	2		.875			19	–	10		.655
Bethune–Cookman	8	–	8		.500			12	–	15		.444
Delaware State	8	–	8		.500			11	–	17		.393
North Carolina A&T	7	–	9		.438			10	–	17		.370
Maryland Eastern Shore	6	–	10		.375			11	–	16		.407
Howard	6	–	10		.375			7	–	20		.259
Morgan State	6	–	10		.375			7	–	20		.259
Florida A&M	3	–	13		.188			8	–	19		.296
Hampton	0	–	0		–			9	–	17		.346
† 1996 MEAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament took place February 29–March 2, 1996, at the Leon County Civic Center in Tallahassee, Florida. South Carolina State defeated Coppin State, 69–56 in the championship game, to win its second MEAC Tournament title.

The Bulldogs earned an automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA tournament as No. 15 seed in the West region. In the round of 64, South Carolina State fell to No. 2 seed Kansas 92–54.

Format

Eight of ten conference members participated with play beginning with the quarterfinal round.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals February 29					Semifinals March 1					Championship game March 2
	1	South Carolina State	79
	8	Florida A&M	58
						1	South Carolina State	69
						5	North Carolina A&T	46
	4	Bethune-Cookman	74
	5	North Carolina A&T	75
											1	South Carolina State	69
											2	Coppin State	56
	3	Delaware State	59
	6	Maryland Eastern Shore	56
						3	Delaware State	64
						2	Coppin State	78
	2	Coppin State	83
	7	Howard	63

* denotes overtime period